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World Soccer Cup Responds to Azeri Objections
he Artsakh National Soccer Team lined up for a match with Abkhazia,
October 22, 2012.
ÖSTERSUND, Sweden--The Confederation of Independent Football
Associations (ConIFA) has responded to the Azeri Football
Association's objections following Thursday's announcement that
Artsakh's national soccer team will participate in the first ever
World Cup held for teams outside international soccer's governing body
FIFA.
ConIFA acknowledged an Azeri letter of protest and responded with an
open letter published on their website.
"This is what ConIFA is all about: giving unrepresented regions,
people, minorities, nations and isolated territories the chance to
represent themselves through football," the response said.
"The ConIFA World Football Cup and, furthermore, ConIFA in general is
about bridging the world and representing the unrepresented. It is a
fact that Nagorno-Karabakh is self-controlled today and this is one of
the major facts for us, that the Artsakh Football Federation is
neither a part of the Azeri Football Federation nor any other FIFA
member," the letter continued.
The World Football Cup will be held in Ostersund, in central Sweden,
in the first week of June and will be hosted by the Sapmi people, also
known as Laplanders.
According to ConIFA's official website, 12 teams will participate,
including Abkhazia, Aramean Suryoye, Kurdistan, Tamil Eelam, Zanzibar,
Darfur United, Ellan Vannin, Quebec, Nagorno-Karabakh, Padania, Sapmi
and Occitania. The tournament will take place from June 1 to 8.
http://asbarez.com/119315/world-soccer-cup-responds-to-azeri-objections/
he Artsakh National Soccer Team lined up for a match with Abkhazia,
October 22, 2012.
ÖSTERSUND, Sweden--The Confederation of Independent Football
Associations (ConIFA) has responded to the Azeri Football
Association's objections following Thursday's announcement that
Artsakh's national soccer team will participate in the first ever
World Cup held for teams outside international soccer's governing body
FIFA.
ConIFA acknowledged an Azeri letter of protest and responded with an
open letter published on their website.
"This is what ConIFA is all about: giving unrepresented regions,
people, minorities, nations and isolated territories the chance to
represent themselves through football," the response said.
"The ConIFA World Football Cup and, furthermore, ConIFA in general is
about bridging the world and representing the unrepresented. It is a
fact that Nagorno-Karabakh is self-controlled today and this is one of
the major facts for us, that the Artsakh Football Federation is
neither a part of the Azeri Football Federation nor any other FIFA
member," the letter continued.
The World Football Cup will be held in Ostersund, in central Sweden,
in the first week of June and will be hosted by the Sapmi people, also
known as Laplanders.
According to ConIFA's official website, 12 teams will participate,
including Abkhazia, Aramean Suryoye, Kurdistan, Tamil Eelam, Zanzibar,
Darfur United, Ellan Vannin, Quebec, Nagorno-Karabakh, Padania, Sapmi
and Occitania. The tournament will take place from June 1 to 8.
http://asbarez.com/119315/world-soccer-cup-responds-to-azeri-objections/